Stocking Stuffer: 'Follies' Is Coming To Town

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December 11, 1992|By Jim Abbott Of The Sentinel Staff

Just in time for stuffing those Christmas stockings, tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. today for the Orlando Broadway Series production of The Will Rogers Follies, starring Keith Carradine, Jan. 26-31 at Carr Performing Arts Centre in Orlando. Along with Carradine, who originated the role on Broadway, the show also will star original cast member Dee Hoty as Rogers' wife, Betty Blake. Also going on sale today will be tickets for the remaining Broadway Series shows - Camelot, starring Robert Goulet (Feb. 23-28); A Chorus Line (March 23-28); My Fair Lady, with Richard Chamberlain (April 6-11); and The World Goes Round, a revue featuring the music of John Kander and Fred Ebb (April 23-28).

Tickets range from $24.50 to $41 for The Will Rogers Follies; $23.50 to $40 for Camelot; $22.50 to $39 for A Chorus Line; $23.50 to $40 for My Fair Lady; and $20.50 to $37 for The World Goes Round. Each production will be presented at 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays with 2 p.m. matinees on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are available at the Broadway Series box office at Barnett Plaza in downtown Orlando, the Orlando Centroplex box office and Ticketmaster outlets.

There are still tickets available for a second concert by singer-songwriter Neil Diamond Feb. 19 at the Orlando Arena. The additional date was announced Monday afternoon after tickets had sold out for Diamond's Feb. 18 arena concert. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $25.

In a related item, the King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne has added a second show by comedian Howie Mandel, whose 7 p.m. show Dec. 27 is sold out. Tickets for an additional 3 p.m. performance Dec. 27 are available for $21, $25 and $28.50.

(Mandel also will perform at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 29 at Orlando's Carr Centre. Tickets for that show are $25).

Tickets will go on sale today for a Jan. 14 performance by singer Mandy Patinkin at Carr. Best known as the star of Broadway's The Secret Garden and Sunday in the Park With George, Patinkin also has appeared in numerous movies, most notably The Princess Bride and Yentl. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $20 and $25.

Tickets also will go on sale today for a Feb. 1 concert by the B-52's at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in Tampa. Tickets are $22.50 and $24.50. Show time: 8 p.m.

Tickets will go on sale Monday for a Liza Minnelli concert Feb. 13 at the King Center in Melbourne. Tickets for the 8 p.m. performance range from $35 to $65. On Tuesday, tickets will go on sale for a Jan. 26 performance by Don Cossacks Song & Dance Company at the King Center. The company's costumed dancers are accompanied by traditional Cossack music performed on balalaikas and other acoustic instruments. Tickets are $25 and $29.50. Show time: 8 p.m.

Country singer Sammy Kershaw will play an 8 p.m. concert Jan. 28 at Rodeo in Orlando. Opening the show will be singer-guitarist John Hornsby, who handled the same chore for Mark Chesnutt's recent appearance at the club. Tickets - $15 advance, $18 day of show - are available at Rodeo, area Great Western Boot Company stores and Ticketmaster outlets. Doors will open at 5 p.m.

Country comedy duo Pinkard and Bowden - touring behind their Cousins, Cattle and Other Love Stories album - will do their thing at 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. Dec. 31 at Hilarities in Orlando's International Station. Tickets range from $29 to $79 for the early show and from $69 to $129 for the later one. If you can't make it on New Year's Eve, the pair also will perform at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 29 and 30 ($8 and $11) and at 8 and 10:30 p.m. Jan. 1 and 2 ($11 and $13). For reservations, call (407) 363-1920.

Pleasure Island, which celebrates New Year's Eve every night, will commemorate the real thing with music by singer/ fitness buff Sheena Easton, the Spinners and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, gourmet foods, party favors, fireworks and champagne at 9 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets are $85 general, $75 for Florida residents (through Dec. 24) at Ticketmaster outlets and at the island.

Also on the New Year's Eve beat: The Snooks, Laura Mansfield and Criminal Mischief will perform at 9 p.m. Dec. 31 at Dubsdread in Orlando. Tickets are $15 single, $25 per couple and available at (407) 246-2272. At Butler's on Douglas in Altamonte Springs, the Dec. 31 star will be Bobby Rydell. He will perform at 10:30 p.m. Dec. 31 (also at 9 and 11 p.m. Jan. 1 and 2). New Year's Eve tickets are $100, including dinner; admission to the January shows will be $15. Details: (407) 788-1988.

Fear - the Los Angeles-based punk band that made a name for itself in the 1980s with such releases as The Record and More Beer - will team with the Skatenigs for a Jan. 10 concert at Visage in Orlando. Tickets are $8 advance and will be $10 day of show. Show time: 8 p.m.